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RE: OT: Save me from typing (was: XML as "passive data")

• To: 'Karl Waclawek' <karl@w...>, xml-dev <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: OT: Save me from typing (was: XML as "passive data")
• From: Jeff Lowery <jlowery@s...>
• Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:33:57 -0700

> I think what you suggest should be done by the IDE not by the 
> language definition.
> It's just about saving keystrokes, if I understand you correctly.
> 
> Karl

Yes, in that sense I'm already an Eclipse Java junkie.

But there's also an argument that more code is more to read and maintain.
Stupid little get/set access functions add noise. They also add opportunity
for screwing up, such forgetting to call super methods.

Nitpicking? Me? Isn't that the raison d'etre of xml-dev?

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